GRAMSCI‚ ALTHUSSER‚ AND FOUCAULT MAKING THEIR MARXS Introduction Karl Marx is a key figure in theorizing power‚ and in some respects‚ his work is considered the foundation of social sciences. Marx and his associate Engels instantly became famous among scholars during the late 19th century‚ when they published The Communist Manifesto (1848). This important work became a reference point for many theorists because the document described in great detail the series of European revolutions initiated
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productive‚ and this is what Foucault means when he says power is positive not negative. (50) Quoting Deleuze‚ Kendall and Wickham try to define Foucaultian treatment of power as relation between forces which in turn are never a singular force but exist in relation with other forces. So any force is said to be a relation –therefore power itself. It has no subject or object other than force. For Foucault resistance to power is part of the exercise of power. Foucault thus establishes power as a
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power * 3 Dimension (invisible): domination that is difficult to measure or identify – hidden‚ insidious. (eg. Marxism‚ communism‚ poverty‚ ideology) * WHO: actor centered theory of power (celebrity products/people) * MICHEL FOUCAULT: * Interested in institutional and disciplinary power as “ regimes of truth” (the DE individualism of power) * Concerned with the institutional and disciplinary power we have – not just on the individual * Mechanisms
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SEXUALITY‚ POWER AND RESISTANCE: IDENTITY PRODUCTION AND REPRODUCTION IN CYBERSPACE ANIME By Alfred James A. Ellar Graduate Student‚ Department Of Philosophy De La Salle University – Manila April 2011 ABSTRACT Michel Foucault’s History of Sexuality Vol. 1 provides a contemporary feminist analysis of Japanese women and anime in terms of the relationship of identity with fundamental feminists’ themes such as sexuality‚ power and resistance. As such‚ I will argue that there is indeed a transformation
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about Prison Tours Carceral tours allow the public to walk through the halls of prison to obtain an understanding of incarceration. Carceral tours had numerous uses for architects‚ inspectors and officials throughout the nineteenth century‚ but recently the tours are used as an observational research opportunity for social science students who are interested in learning about the carceral institutions.i The articles‚ “Problematizing Carceral Tours‚” by Justin Piche and Kevin Walby
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beautiful totality of the individual is amputated‚ repressed‚ altered by our social order‚ it is rather that the individual is carefully fabricated in it‚ according to a whole technique of forces and bodies. (pp.333-34)" In the essay‚ Panopticism‚ by Michel Focault‚ he makes the argument that we live in a society of "surveillance". Meaning that our society is based on amalgamation of "forces and bodies" all of which act to create the individual. It is principally this surveillance which forms the basis
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Political Theory Final Paper Foucault vs. Hobbes‚ and Machiavelli Power by definition is the possession of control or command over others; authority; ascendancy. The question is now not what power is but how do the means of which power is exerted form and who or whom enforces these means. There are several ways to answer this question‚ none of which are entirely correct. By looking at the theories provided by Michel Foucault and comparing them to Machiavelli and Thomas Hobbes we will gain
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The beginnings of Narrative Therapy can be traced back to Australia and New Zealand in the 1970’s and early 1980’s. Based on the early works of Michel Foucalt‚ Michael White and David Epston forged a new model of therapy. Narrative therapy asserts‚ “narratives are a reflection of the dominant culture and therefore must be challenged to ensure that they are sensitive to diversity issues‚ such as gender‚ sexual orientation‚ and culture” (Nystul‚ 2011). Through the process of storytelling‚ narrative
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“The Panopticon is a marvellous machine which‚ whatever use one may wish to put it to‚ produces homogenous effects of power” (Foucault 202). When people are observed constantly they develop discipline‚ and most dare to not violate any rules. Nearly everywhere we go‚ we are being observed‚ especially at work‚ schools‚ banks‚ or hospitals. We are expected to act and look a certain
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References: The Souls of the Black Folk‚ Du Bois‚ W. E. B. Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison ‚ Michel Foucault Maud Martha‚ Gwendolyn Gwendolyn
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